New player tanking options - Page 2

Slave · #1 03-11-2012, 05:25 PM

I am going to go out on a huge limb here (it's actually quite stable) and say that you would likely be quite unhappy as a warrior. I would say they are the second worst class in all of Classic, up to the end of Kunark. In Velious, in raids, they finally begin to shine, but let's be honest, if you're in here asking what kind of tank you should make... you're not going to be doing that.

Warriors are semi-broken in Kunark, and easily the worst first class choice from an objective wealth-gathering standpoint as well.

Flash · #2 03-11-2012, 05:26 PM

So Rangers are better overall?

aegeryen · #3 03-11-2012, 06:55 PM

ok well heres my situation in a little more detail . I played , back in the day , mostly a cleric . In fact I played 45 to 60 like 3 times , because I quit for various reasons , usually involving my ex wife ...Only to have the same buddy who sacked me to 45 talk me into coming back ( he was probably was running low on life stones or what ever they were called) , eventually I got a divorce but PoP came out and well , I quit for good .

At one point I played another friends warrior , but he was 60 , and had decent gear when I played him , and it was during velious and luclin .It wasnt too bad .

So I am not totally new to the game , just the server . And honestly its been a while my memory slowly coming back ... just thought i would get some input , and I appreciate everyones thoughts , thanks guys .

citizen1080 · #4 03-12-2012, 01:14 AM

Any melee is a tough first toon on this server. They are very gear dependent and you won't have the funds to gear them. Warrior is one of the worst. Even with top of the line gear it can be difficult to hold aggro against players who don't know what they are doing. Save yourself the headache and heartache and roll a SK. They will level slower but at least they will level. Or as stated roll a monk, who hold better aggro then a warrior in many situations lol.

aegeryen · #5 03-12-2012, 10:28 AM

Thanks for the input , I'll roll an SK , later this afternoon when I get home , I was thinking about an erudite , but might go troll . I like both of those races though , Tox really sucks as a starting zone.

falkun · #6 03-12-2012, 10:29 AM

The worse part about Toxx is trying to get out of it when Erudin hates you.

aegeryen · #7 03-12-2012, 10:40 AM

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The worse part about Toxx is trying to get out of it when Erudin hates you.

Oh god I forgot about that .... but the troll exp penalty with the sk penalty has to just absolutely suck .

Extunarian · #8 03-12-2012, 11:27 AM

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Oh god I forgot about that .... but the troll exp penalty with the sk penalty has to just absolutely suck .

DE and Human are also viable choices with better starting areas.

DE gets racial hide, which can be pretty handy.

Human can use flayed skin armor which you'll be able to get for free if you wait in EC for awhile. Plus human sks are cool.

Messianic · #9 03-12-2012, 01:17 PM

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I am pretty sure race doesn't affect group's xp like class does. Only affects the individual char.

They do at this stage in progression.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/edit...rs_letter.html

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3. Penalties, in any form, should not be shared with the group. Players know that no one class is immensely more powerful/valuable than another, and as such it is not fair to ask them to share a burden. If classes with penalties were really more powerful or valuable than the other classes, then it might be right, but that isn't the case here. Furthermore, sharing of penalties causes people to reject potential group members on the basis of them "sucking" too much experience.

In context, that is the producers letter stating the radical changes they were making to everquest. Before the subsequent patch on 1/17/01, racial penalties were shared.

falkun · #10 03-12-2012, 11:42 AM

Honestly...racial choice on a server with classic models and Velious as end-game, the real racial choice is this one:

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29595

In that regard, Human Velious plate is awesome, as is DE. Erudite's not bad, and Ogre and Troll are improvements over classic, but I wouldn't say their on the same tier as human/DE.